Mason Howell of Thomasville, Ga., took down Jackson “The Fridge” Herrington of Dickson, Tenn., to capture the 125th U.S. Amateur with a commanding 7-and-6 victory in Sunday’s 36-hole championship match at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course in San Francisco, Calif.
At 18 years, one month and three weeks old, Howell became the third-youngest player to ever hoist the Havemeyer Trophy, overtaking Tiger Woods, who won the first of his three when he was 18 years, seven months old, in 1994.
Stewart Hagestad, 34, of Newport Beach, Calif.; Mason Howell, 18, of Thomasville, Ga.; Jacob Modleski, 20, of Noblesville, Ind.; Tommy Morrison, 21, of Dallas, Texas; and Jase Summy, 21 of Keller, Texas were named to the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team by the USGA’s International Team Selection (ITS) working group on Sunday night to complete the 10-player team.
The five players join Jackson Koivun, Ben James, Michael La Sasso, Ethan Fang and Preston Stout, all of whom were previously selected to the team. The USA Team will compete against Great Britain and Ireland in the 50th Walker Cup Match on Sept. 6-7 at Cypress Point Club, in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Youth was served on Saturday afternoon as Jackson Herrington, 19, of Dickson, Tenn., and Mason Howell, 18, of Thomasville, Ga., won their semifinal matches to set up a teenage head-to-head in Sunday’s 36-hole championship match at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course in San Francisco, Calif.
Engulfed by both the foggiest conditions and the largest crowds of the week, Herrington, a rising sophomore at the University of Tennessee, took down hometown favorite Niall Shiels Donegan, 1 up, in one of the most dramatic matches of the week.
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This is the 7th U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship. The USGA announced the establishment of the championship on Feb. 6, 2015.
In 2018, World Golf Hall of Famer Laura Davies, of England, posted a 10-stroke victory over Juli Inkster en route to winning the inaugural title at historic Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, Ill. Helen Alfredsson, of Sweden, took home the trophy the following year at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, in Southern Pines, N.C., before the championship was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, three-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Annika Sorenstam, of Sweden, produced a wire-to-wire victory in her first year of eligibility at Brooklawn Country Club, in Fairfield, Conn.
Niall Shiels Donegan, a Scottish-born resident of nearby Mill River and the local hometown favorite this week, outlasted world No. 15 Jacob Modleski in 19 holes to secure his spot in the semifinals of the 125th U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course in San Francisco, Calif.
“You’ve just got to stay so patient,” said Donegan, a rising junior at Northwestern University. “You can’t get ahead of yourself… one hole is its own event, and it’s just all about staying in the present, not thinking ahead.”
I recently went through a Titleist fitting for the new 2025 T-Series irons and utilities. I hit every iron, the T100, T150, T250, and T350, as well as the U-505 and T250-U utilities. And I can sum up the entire fitting by telling you this T-Series is Titleist's GOAT. No exaggeration.
Something was legitimately improved in every model. In some ways even significantly improved. And more than any line in Titleist history all four iron models blend about as perfectly as possible for combo variations. There's actually a fifth iron model as well - the T250 Launch Spec, but I didn't test that iron. I'll let you know what my ultimate set wound up being at the end.
The 2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinal matches on Friday are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PDT, with the last match teeing off at 2:15 p.m.
Saturday’ssemifinals are set for 11 and 11:20 a.m., and the first 18 of Sunday’s 36-hole championship match is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Heres a closer look at the quarterfinalists.
Miles Russell, the top-ranked junior amateur player in the world, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 125th U.S. Amateur Championship on Thursday afternoon following his victory over Pepperdine’s Mahanth Chirravuri, 2 and 1, in the Round of 16 at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course in San Francisco, Calif.
Russell went 2 down early in the match after a bogey on the first and a winning birdie from Chirravuri on the downhill par-3 third. The two halved the next three before Russell fired off four birdies in a row from hole Nos. 7-10 to take a 2-up lead.
PXG has announced the launch of its latest putter innovation, the Battle Ready® II Torpedo™, expanding its award-winning collection of Battle Ready II Putters. Designed for golfers who demand both precision and personalization, the Torpedo introduces unparalleled fitting versatility and next-generation performance technologies.
“While zero-torque putters have recently gained attention for their unique approach to stability, many golfers still prefer the feel, look, and performance of more traditional putter styles,” PXG Chief Product Officer Brad Schweigert said. “The Battle Ready II Torpedo answers that call.
The U.S. Senior Women’s Open kicks off next week at San Diego Country Club.
Founded in 1897 San Diego Country Club began as a nine-hole golf course. Years later, the club expanded by acquiring 160 acres of rolling farmland shaping the layout seen today. San Diego Country Club, originally designed by William Watson, is recognized as San Diego’s first established country club and the only private club in Southern San Diego County. William Bell later remodeled the course, adding length and enhancing the bunkers to enhance its difficulty and strategic appeal.
True Spec Golf, the global leader in custom club fitting and club building, is pleased to announce that they have partnered with Intown Golf Club, the premier indoor private golf facility, to open their first location in the Nashville area. True Spec Nashville is celebrating its grand opening today and is currently booking appointments for fittings.
True Spec Nashville is the latest in a series of partnerships that brings True Spec’s bespoke fittings and best-in-class customer service to prominent venues across the country.
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Five Iron Golf, the global leader in golf and entertainment, is thrilled to announce the official opening of its second Boston location in the vibrant Seaport District on August 14. Spanning 16,000 square feet across two floors, the new flagship builds on the success of Five Iron Golf’s first Boston venue, which opened in 2022 in Government Center and quickly became a go-to destination for golfers and social seekers alike.
Located at the intersection of Seaport’s corporate, residential, and entertainment hubs, Five Iron Golf Seaport features 13 Trackman-powered golf simulators, professional instruction and swing evaluations, and Callaway club fittingservices. The venue also includes two duckpin bowling lanes, a full-service bar and restaurant, and dedicated lounge areas for private events and group gatherings.
John Daly II, the son of two-time major champion John Daly, won his Round of 64 match on Wednesday, outlasting Cooper Claycomb, 1 up, at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course in San Francisco, Calif.
Daly, who failed to advance to match play in 2024, won just one hole on Wednesday – the par-4 11th with a birdie. He had a chance to go 1 up early with a 6-foot par putt on No. 6 but burned the edge of the hole and tied it with a bogey.
It's been about five years since Callaway Golf released an X Forged iron model. And improvements to the 2025 X Forged irons make this legendary series better than ever before. But Callaway also double-downed on X Forged with an entirely new model, the X Forged Max irons. X Forged Max features the same one-piece 1020 carbon steel forged material but is designed in a players distance construction.
I hit the 2025 Callaway X Forged and X Forged Max irons at a Club Champion fitting a few weeks back and can tell you I was incredibly impressed with both models after just a few first swings. I used the same Dynamic Gold MID 115 shafts in both irons for testing. And there are some performance differences between the two models that I'm going to tell you about in this comparative review.
Preston Stout fired a championship-low round of 5-under 65 on Tuesday morning to help himself earn medalist honors at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. The freshly-minted Walker Cupper paired his round today with a 3-under 68 on Monday to find himself atop the leader board.
Playing off the No. 1 tee on the Lake Course, the 21-year-old from Dallas, Texas navigated the toughest portion of the golf course and went out in 2-under, birdieing hole Nos. 7 and 9 before dropping a shot at the par-4 12th. With his head coach Alan Bratton on the bag, the Oklahoma State Cowboy quickly made up for it with a deuce on the ensuing par 3, before stringing together three more birdies on hole Nos. 15-17.
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, SkyGolf, maker of SkyCaddie®, the most-trusted rangefinders in golf, is announcing a special Labor Day promotion on all of its popular, award-winning rangefinders.
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As the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black approaches, excitement builds for one of golf’s most anticipated showdowns.
The Black Course is regarded as one of the toughest in the game, and data experts Shot Scope have delved into the stats to see how difficult it is for the average golfer from the professional tees.